At Mobile World Congress 2019, Shanghai Institute of Fog Computing Technology ( SHIFT ), in cooperation with Intel and iExec, demonstrated smart city service powered by 5G and blockchain. The demo presents a unified and decentralized smart city service platform based on 5G connection and blockchain technology. As a smart city use case, the robot rescue service developed by SHIFT is live showed.

During February 25th to 28th, at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2019) in Barcelona, Intel demonstrated its latest 5G technology, networking and industrial applications. Among them, 5G and Blockchain powered Smart City Services industrial demo is a result of a tripartite cooperation project between Intel, SHIFT and iExec. Leveraging Intel’s SGX security module, iExec built a blockchain-based marking platform, providing a decentralized and autonomous solution for smart city services. The rescue robot service from SHIFT, as the first application of smart city on the platform, was showcased on the scene.

Rescue robot is a fog computing demo developed by Shanghai Institute of Fog Computing Technology (SHIFT). With the help of computing capability from fog nodes, robot rescuers is enabled to explore the environment, generating a map and navigating autonomously. Low-latency network connection make it possible for robots to move in formation without global position information.

The rescue robot application assumes that a robot fails to navigate due to certain faults in an unknown area. When the rescue service is started, the rescuer explores the surrounding environment and generates a regional map. The rescuer returns to the trapped area and forms a convoy with the faulty robots, leading them to the safety destination. By deploying the robot rescue service to iExec’s market, users can order it from anywhere and pay for it in digital currency.

The annual MWC is the world’s largest exhibition in the field of communication. The theme of this year’s event is Intelligent Connectivity, which brings together the latest innovative technologies and leading-edge technology from more than 2,400 companies around the world and attracts about 110,000 trade visitors.